Tourist road sign



Nov. 1e ,3926. 1,607,016

E. H. PRATHER TOURIST ROAD SIGN Filed Jan 16. 1925 EUGENE H. fWHTHE/.

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Application filed VJanuary 1,67, i925.v A Serial 1|`0.v 2,822.`r

Tliislinvention yrelates. to road vsigns ulapted to give valuable information to tourietsand also to display advertising.

1 It is the main object of the invention vto provide la simple but highly eiiicient tourist road sign, which-will not only give tourists the knowledge of their exact location on `a certainV trai-l `or route but lwhich will, more- 'over7 provide them with a `diagram of the immediately adjacent portion of the trail to be travelled. l f More lspecifically it is an object to provide a'road sign which will have an enlarged diagrainof the road to be travelled for somel distance from the locationofthe sign, there v V by permitting the tourist to become aoy l quainted' with'the correct course to lfollow r and also to permit him to foresee bad curves or irregular portions of-thetrail. 4

lt is a 'further' object to provide indicat ing means extending from Van enlarged diagramY of a portion of a relatively long rao route toA a diagram on aV relatively small scale of the main portion of the route'7 thereby showing just which portion of said route the enlarged diagram represents. i

It is still a further object of the invention to put dimensions on the enlarged V`diagram rand to also supply indicating means on the sign for acquainting the tourist with the name and distance of the next town.

These and other objectswill be apparent.

'from the following description made in con-4 nection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and wherein Fig. l is a front elevation of the sign with the. details omitted from the several panels; rand `Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevation of the central portion of the sign showing the diagrams on the central panel.r In the drawings, the frame of the sign is indicated bythe numeral 3, in whichr the rbody or back portion tris mounted. The several panels o are adapted to contain display advertising.y In the central panel designated by the numeral 6, a diagram7 on a small scale of a comparatively long route or trail is mounted, having the names of the various towns `printed thereon. A 'second diagram 8, lon a comparatively large scale, is mounted in the panel adjacent to diagram 7. One end of this enlarged diawhich the isvplacedj'while thediagram Y Y itself representsI alsmall portion ofthe route f or trail immediately adjacent to the location of the sign. 4indicating devices or arrows 9 extend from the opposite ends ofl the dia-Y .gram 8 to the opposite sidesfof adot or other gnre l0 on the diagram v7 ,which represents a particular'portion of the Y general eeft route enlarged andv representedpin the diaV grainl Another 'arrow or indicating defigure l2, representing thenext town' on j l e5., vice'll extends. fromgjthe dot'` or other ythe general routeto a lsmall panel 13, on

vwhich the name ofthe townrwith the distance thereto from the end of the enlarged kdiagram Sis printed.` v -f ments of thevarious straight distances are On the enlargedVv diagram 8l theV niea'sure-l indicated,` thereby; enabling the touristtoV l gain a good idea of :histurnsand course toy follow .for the nextfew miles. Y

VFrom theV above description, it will be readily seen `that the tourist coming up to one of these novel signs7 can readily see what portion of the trail'he is on, what the nature of the preceding road is,'and also the approximate distance from onepoint or town to the next town onthe trail.

Preferably the dot l() and the diagram 8 Y are colored in the same shade, as, for example, in yellow, as indicated on the drawings. The background of the panel 13 and the dot 12 are also Vpreferably colored in the same shade, as illustrated in red in the drawings. This similarity in colors adds considerably Vin readily enabling the tourist to connect the enlarged diagram with 'the small portion onthe generaltrail which Yit' re'p-y resents.

The sign 1s vespecially tourist a knowledge of just how to get through Vandout ofV a town about tobe entered, as well as to indicate'bad vcurves or j vdangerous crossroads about 'fto be encoun- '1 tered; also giving the tourist vthe distances to the various turns or. curves to b e'encountered. For *example7 a tourist coming to the sign illustrated on the drawing will readily see' that yhe is ust coming into theV town of Vicksburg and willhave plotted out before him the courseof the trail going through that town, with the distances ofthe various towns marked out. He will thus be able to readily find his way through and out of Vicksburg.;

gram represents thepoint on vthe trail at At the same time he.y may see that the next town alter Vicksburg is Greensville, which is five miles therefrom, and, if he desires, may ascertain what towns are next in line. lt is obvious that the invention .maybe equally applied to indicate dangerous stretches of roads, badv turns and dangerous :ross-roads, which the tourist is approaching'. The co-operation of the two diagrams, with the indicating devices therebetween, point out simply, but clearly, the desirable information above described.

' It is thus seen that a simple and highly eiiicient tourist road sign has been provided, which will-beef great value to tourists and will, at the same time,`be a means for displaying advertisingon the roads before the entrance to the various towns.

lt will, of course, be understood that vari-l 'diagram to the ends ofthe portion or" said said sign is placed, a mark onl said diagram in a certain color indicating allocality of ysaid route, an adjacent diagram indicating a portion of said ro-ute extending through said locality on a comparativelyV large scale and in the same color as said mark, and indicating means extending between said mark and said last mentioned diagram.

3. in a tourist road sign, a diagram thereon of a comparatively long route on which said sign is adapted to be placed, marks on said diagram indicating localities on said route, an adjacent diagram on aV comparatively large scale of the portion of vsaid route extending through one of said localities, characters prominently displayedw indicating the namerand distance of another locality on said route, and anindicating line between said characters of the mark. on said first mentioned diagram indicative of said locality. Y

ln testimony whereof I aix hereto my signature.

EUGENE H. FEATHER. 

